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PLOWSHARE
Definition of PLOWSHARE
noun
Alternative spelling of ploughshare.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English plowgh-schare, plowh schare, equivalent to plow + share. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Plouchskoar (“ploughshare”), West Frisian ploechskaar (“ploughshare”), Dutch ploegschaar (“ploughshare”), German Low German Ploogschoor (“ploughshare”), German Pflugschar (“ploughshare”), Danish plovskær (“ploughshare”), Norwegian plogskjær (“ploughshare”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English culter (“ploughshare”), from Old English culter (“ploughshare, coulter, dagger”), borrowed from Latin culter (“knife, razor”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLOWSHARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PLOWSHARE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHLOPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLOWSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLOWSHARE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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